Building new PC. 1 or 2 gigs of RAM ?

2gb now really is becoming a standard I have found.

OCZ or G.skill ram is pretty good :)

Depending on how you use Photoshop (multiple layers, hi-res images etc.), that program can easily make use of 2GB even on XP.

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Originally Posted by Skizo

Vista needs 512, but recommends 1gb for a "premium" experience.

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If one plans on running Vista Ultimate- and why wouldn't you?- then 1GB is the absolute minimum I'd recommend.
Right now, with only Opera running, Sprocket is using 540MB.
Open up Photoshop...a known memory hog, and 2 GB is looking like a "normal" install requirement.

Hmm. I wonder if buying another gig of DDR2 would qualify me for an OEM purchase of Vista...

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Originally Posted by ExilE^

2gb now really is becoming a standard I have found.

OCZ or G.skill ram is pretty good :)

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Corsair is too, duh.

Yeah get 2 gigs. :)

It looks like 2 GIG is really what we should aim for with Vista, but boy that it twice the price of 1 GIG !and according to all the experts you have to buy both sticks of RAm at once to get the same manufacturer and batch.

It is starting to add up !

Regards

Digby

For the things you want to use your PC, i wouldn't go crazy spending a lot of money.

But that's just you.